In leaf litter on lime tree avenue

[FungiJohn]

This was found in leaf litter on Lime Tree Avenue last July and I actually thought it would be easy to ID …. Yeah sure



Any thoughts much appreciated.

John

[cybershot]

Inocybe assimilata - just a thought!

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by cybershot

Inocybe assimilata - just a thought!

It certainly has the look to it David
John

[fairplay]

I would have gone for I.friesii/nitidiuscula but the stem in the photo seems too dark for this and I.assimilata (which reading Fungi of Swiss, prefers conifer forests.)

Unless there is a very distinctive feature, it's nigh impossible to I.D. an Inocybe by photo alone.

Neil.

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by fairplay

Unless there is a very distinctive feature, it's nigh impossible to I.D. an Inocybe by photo alone.

Neil.

I was waiting for a comment to this effect Neil Lime tree avenue is just full of Inocybe species too

John

[fairplay]

So is my local wood John, I've only dared put a name to 2 of 'em, but there are at least 8-10 more.

Luckily I had an e-mail from the BMS last month to say the Autumn foray for '09 will be in Suffolk and can I come up with any good places to foray, so naturally No 1 on my list was my favourite local wood (and the crew don't leave the wood until they've identified all the Inocybe's....shhhh !!)

Neil.

[mykonik]

Originally Posted by fairplay

I would have gone for I.friesii/nitidiuscula but the stem in the photo seems too dark for this and I.assimilata (which reading Fungi of Swiss, prefers conifer forests.)

Unless there is a very distinctive feature, it's nigh impossible to I.D. an Inocybe by photo alone.

Neil.

Hooray !!!!

Someones got the message about not being able to identify things from photos (in certain cases, Inocybe being a good example !)

In fact they are almost impossible to identify from fresh material !

Nick